Russell vs Matt

USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Russell Clay

1:36:09 best Open Men time · Salt Lake City 2026
685th of 1,296 place in that race · 1,296 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Matt Welch

1:35:59 best Open Men time · Salt Lake City 2026
683rd of 1,296 place in that race · 1,296 Open Men finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Russell: Salt Lake City 2026, Open Men · Matt: Salt Lake City 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJ
no split
RowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
RussellMattedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Russell and Matt sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Russell: strongest on Carry (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 26%).Matt: strongest on Lunges (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 10%).

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Part Russell: faster than Matt: faster than
Ski 67% 38%
Push 50% 40%
Pull 59% 18%
BBJ 29% no split
Row 26% 77%
Carry 81% 64%
Lunges 47% 81%
Wall balls 44% 75%
Roxzone 57% 10%
Runs 45% 33%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Russell Matt
SkiErg 67% 38%
Sled push 50% 40%
Sled pull 59% 18%
Burpee broad jump 29% —
Row 26% 77%
Farmers carry 81% 64%
Sandbag lunges 47% 81%
Wall balls 44% 75%
Roxzone (moving) 57% 10%
Runs (8 km) 45% 33%

The share of their own field each athlete beat on that segment, at the race named on the left. Higher is better; green marks the better of the two. A dash means no split was published.

Those races as one bar each

Russell · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men1:36:09
3:084:345:173:035:474:475:577:175:485:256:081:496:315:436:568:379:29
Matt · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men1:35:59
3:394:506:003:186:426:216:296:304:466:152:006:104:276:336:2715:34
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

This chart draws the race in order, left to right: each 1 km run (blue), each station (yellow) and the roxzone (grey), sized by its time.Russell · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men: 45:31 running, 41:16 at the stations and 9:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:37).Below, Matt · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men: 48:18 running, 32:09 at the stations and 15:34 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:27).

See the numbers
Part Russell · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men Matt · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:08 3:39
SkiErg 4:34 4:50
Run 2 5:17 6:00
Sled push 3:03 3:18
Run 3 5:47 6:42
Sled pull 4:47 6:21
Run 4 5:57 6:29
Burpee broad jump 7:17 —
Run 5 5:48 6:30
Row 5:25 4:46
Run 6 6:08 6:15
Farmers carry 1:49 2:00
Run 7 6:31 6:10
Sandbag lunges 5:43 4:27
Run 8 6:56 6:33
Wall balls 8:37 6:27
Roxzone 9:29 15:34
Finish 1:36:09 1:35:59

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Russell Matt Gap
Salt Lake City 2026 Open Men · 18 Sep 2026 1:36:09 1:35:59 0:10 · Matt faster
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